Horsecoat, Jacob, Jr. (hus. of Ann)

Jacob Horsecoat, the son of Jacob Horsecoat was a member of the Mason Indian party, those Mohegans who supported John Uncas.  According to a census of the tribe, he was an adult by 1769.  Three years earlier, he threatened to kill Zachary Johnson, a fellow Mohegan but a member of the opposing faction.  By 1782, he was married to a woman named Ann and had children, one of whom was Isaiah.  1769.05.12.00.  Grant-Costa, The Last Indian War, 273. 1782.08.05.000